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Zoning board approves change from 3‑unit multifamily to duplex at Avenue P property
Summary
The Galveston Zoning Board of Adjustment on March 5 approved a change of occupancy to convert a legally nonconforming three‑unit multifamily property to a duplex, imposing conditions that the prior multifamily use be abandoned and that the property not be later returned to a less restrictive use.
GALVESTON, Texas — The Galveston Zoning Board of Adjustment on March 5 approved a request to change the occupancy of a legally nonconforming three‑unit multifamily property to a duplex, a move the board said will make the property a more restrictive use under the city’s Land Development Regulations.
Staff told the board that 33 public notices were sent for Case 25Z‑002, with two returned in favor and one in opposition. The parcel currently contains three dwelling units; the applicant proposes combining two units into one, reducing the unit count from three to two. Neither multifamily nor duplex uses are permitted in the property’s Residential Single‑Family (R‑1) zoning, but section 12.401 of the Land Development Regulations (LDR) allows the board to approve a change of occupancy between nonconforming uses if the proposed use is in the same or a…
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